blandimentum

blandīmentum, i, n. [blandior].

I.

flattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery (class.; most freq. in plur. and in Tac.):

nec eam (virtutem) minis aut blandimentis corrupta deseret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87:

pessum dedisti me blandimentis tuis,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 23; id. Truc. 2, 2, 63:

multa igitur blandimenta plebi per id tempus ab senatu data,

Liv. 2, 9, 6:

captus blandimentis,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 4:

per blandimenta juvenem aggredi,

Tac. A. 13, 13; 12, 64:

muliebribus blandimentis infectae epistulae,

id. H. 1, 74.—In sing., Tac. A. 14, 4.—And in poet. exuberance:

cui blandimenta precesque Verbaque jactanti mitissima, desine, dixit, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 815.—

II.

Trop.

A.

Any thing that pleases the senses, an object that charms, an allurement, a pleasure, charm, delight:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41: blandimenta vitae [p. 241] = res, quae vitam jucundam reddunt), Tac. A. 15, 64; id. H. 2, 53 (cf.:

delinimenta vitae,

id. A. 15, 63 ):

aestivi caloris,

Pall. Sept. 17:

vecturae,

Veg. 2, 28, 37.—Of the spices, seasoning, condiments in food, Petr. 141, 8; Tac. G. 23.—

B.

Healing applications, cures:

alia quoque blandimenta excogitabat,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 14.—

C.

Careful culture:

hoc blandimento (i. e. blanda cultura) impetratis radicibus,

Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98.